Summer's Griffins Take Flight

Here are two Flyer stands for my HotT Army of Summer. A griffin is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. As the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle was the king of the birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature.

In that country be many griffins, more plenty than in any other country. Some men say that they have the body upward as an eagle and beneath as a lion; and truly they say sooth, that they be of that shape. But one griffin hath the body more great and is more strong than eight lions, of such lions as be on this half, and more great and stronger than an hundred eagles such as we have amongst us. For one griffin there will bear, flying to his nest, a great horse, if he may find him at the point, or two oxen yoked together as they go at the plough. For he hath his talons so long and so large and great upon his feet, as though they were horns of great oxen or of bugles or of kine, so that men make cups of them to drink of. And of their ribs and of the pens of their wings, men make bows, full strong, to shoot with arrows and quarrels. -- Sir John Mandeville in his 14th century book of travels

The models are repainted Mageknight figures. I decided to make two different color schemes to depict a mated pair because these magical creatures are also known for not only for mating for life, but also, if either partner dies, then the other would continue throughout the rest of its life alone, never to search for a new mate. I based the wing patterns on Peregrine Falcon pictures.